Method and device for processing interference

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for processing interference, wherein according to a first demodulation reference signal DMRS pilot symbol carried by a first subcarrier used by an uplink user equipment, an interference channel matrix of an uplink interference channel from the uplink user equipment to a D2D receiving end is measured, wherein the first subcarrier is a subcarrier shared by a D2D transmitting end and the uplink user equipment; a null space matrix of the uplink interference channel is calculated according to the interference channel matrix; and the signal received by the D2D receiving end via the first subcarrier is processed by using the null space matrix to eliminate an interference signal which comes from the uplink user equipment in the signal.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.14/731,122, filed on Jun. 4, 2015, which is a continuation ofInternational Application No. PCT/CN2013/083359, filed on Sep. 12, 2013.The International Application claims priority to Chinese PatentApplication No. 201210514520.5, filed on Dec. 5, 2012. All of theafore-mentioned patent applications are hereby incorporated by referencein their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a field of communication technology,and particularly, relates to a method and device for processinginterference.

BACKGROUND

At present, in most device-to-device (Device-to-Device, D2D)transmission technologies, since the number of antennas of a traditionalterminal is only 1-2 in general, leading to only a limited capability ofan interference elimination, D2D communication uses a frequency spectrumdifferent from that of cellular communication. Namely, the frequencyspectrums of D2D communication and cellular communication are orthogonalto each other, which is capable of avoiding mutual interference, butdoes not give full play to an ability of multi-antennas of the terminal,leading to a low utilization ratio of a resource.

Along with a continuous development of antenna technology, a mobileterminal in the future may have more antennas (for example up to 8 ormore antennas), which can not only enhance an uplink/downlink throughputof a cellular communication, but also make the mobile terminal multiplexan uplink frequency spectrum of the cellular communication for directcommunication between terminals (D2D communication). Namely, in a samefrequency spectrum, an uplink user transmits a signal to a base station,and a D2D transmitting end transmits data to a D2D receiving end aswell.

The practice of sharing a frequency spectrum may dramatically increasethe frequency spectrum utilization ratio of a system, but will alsobring mutual interference between transmissions in different modes.However, the previously mentioned interference can be eliminated in thespatial dimension by means of the capability of multi antennas of theterminal. In order to achieve a purpose of interference elimination, aD2D terminal must further have an interference-aware capability.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device forprocessing interference, which are capable of realizing the eliminationof interference to a signal received by a D2D receiving end caused by asignal transmitted by an uplink user.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provide amethod for processing interference, the method including:

measuring, according to a first demodulation reference signal DMRS pilotsymbol carried by a first subcarrier used by an uplink user equipment,an interference channel matrix of an uplink interference channel fromthe uplink user equipment to a D2D receiving end, wherein the firstsubcarrier is a subcarrier shared by a D2D transmitting end and theuplink user equipment;

calculating a null space matrix of the uplink interference channelaccording to the interference channel matrix; and

processing, by using the null space matrix, a signal which comes from aD2D transmitting end and received by the D2D receiving end via the firstsubcarrier, to eliminate an interference signal, which comes from theuplink user equipment, in the signal.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provide adevice for processing interference, the device including:

a measuring unit, configured to measure, according to a firstdemodulation reference signal DMRS pilot symbol carried by a firstsubcarrier used by an uplink user equipment, an interference channelmatrix of an uplink interference channel from uplink user equipment to aD2D receiving end, wherein the first subcarrier is a shared subcarrierof a D2D transmitting end and the uplink user equipment, and the uplinkinterference channel matrix is sent to a calculating unit;

the calculating unit, configured to receive the interference channelmatrix sent by the measuring unit, calculate a null space matrix of theuplink interference channel according to the interference channelmatrix, and send the null space matrix to a processing unit; and

the processing unit, configured to receive the null space matrix sent bythe calculating unit, and process, by using the null space matrix, asignal which comes from a D2D transmitting end and received by the D2Dreceiving end via the first subcarrier, to eliminate an interferencesignal, which comes from the uplink user equipment, in the signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, according to a firstdemodulation reference signal DMRS pilot symbol carried by a firstsubcarrier used by uplink user equipment, an interference channel matrixof an uplink interference channel from the uplink user equipment to aD2D receiving end is measured, wherein the first subcarrier is asubcarrier shared by a D2D transmitting end and the uplink userequipment; the null space matrix of the uplink interference channel iscalculated according to the interference channel matrix; and a signalwhich comes from the D2D transmitting end and received by the D2Dreceiving end via the first subcarrier is processed by using that nullspace matrix to eliminate an interference signal, which comes from theuplink user equipment, in the signal. Thus, when an uplink frequencyspectrum is multiplexed by a D2D transmission, it is unnecessary for aD2D transmitting end to consider how to avoid the interference of anuplink user at a D2D receiving end, thereby greatly simplifying a demandof perception on the uplink frequency spectrum in the D2D transmission.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for processing interference providedby embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of an uplink subframe and a D2Dframe in an LTE system provided by embodiment 1 of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a device for processing interferenceprovided by embodiment 2 of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

To make an objective, technical solution and advantage of the presentinvention clearer, embodiments of the present invention are furtherdescribed in detail below in combination with accompanying drawings.

To facilitate illustration, the present application assumes that thecellular system uses an LTE protocol or an evolved version of the LTEprotocol, but the protection scope of the method and device provided byembodiments of the present invention is not limited therein, and it isapplicable to other cellular systems.

To make embodiments of the present invention clearer, an applicationenvironment for an embodiment of the present invention will bespecifically introduced herein at first.

In a cellular system, an uplink user of a cellular system transmits asignal to a base station in a multi-carrier transmission mode via anuplink frequency spectrum, namely various carriers of an uplinkfrequency spectrum may be allocated to different users for an uplinktransmission. For example, in an LTE system, different uplink users usedifferent OFDM subcarriers. A device-to-device (D2D) transmitting endmay use some carriers of an uplink frequency spectrum to transmit asignal to a D2D receiving end, a D2D transmitting end may also occupysubcarriers of several uplink users at the same time, and a D2Dreceiving end knows beforehand carrier(s) used by a D2D transmitting endwhen data is transmitted. For example, when D2D communicationmultiplexes an LTE uplink frequency spectrum, D2D communication alsouses an OFDM transmission mode, and an OFDM symbol is synchronous withthe OFDM symbol of an uplink communication. In this way, it is possiblethat both a signal of D2D communication and a signal of uplinkcommunication exist in a same subcarrier.

In most cases, a D2D transmitting end does not have or cannot use arelevent measure to avoid interference (namely, a subcarrier of anuplink user far away from itself is used), and a D2D receiving end may,in the carrier it used, not only receive a signal of a D2D transmittingend, but also receive a strong signal of an uplink user. However, thelatter one is an interference signal for a D2D receiving end, and aninterference procession is needed by means of multi antennas of aterminal. To facilitate illustration, a channel from an uplink user to aD2D receiving end is hereinafter referred to as an uplink interferencechannel, and a channel from a D2D transmitting end to a D2D receivingend is hereinafter referred to as a D2D channel.

A key to performing an uplink interference procession and a D2D signaldetection by using a antenna capability of a terminal is to acquireinformation of channels from an uplink user and a D2D transmitting end,which occupy a same subcarrier, to a D2D receiving end. Since a D2Dsignal and an uplink signal is on the same subcarrier and a D2Dreceiving end may not be aware of a specific pilot sequence transmittedby an uplink user, it is difficult to detect information of a channelfrom an uplink user to a D2D receiving end by using a traditionalmethod, and thus an interference signal in a signal cannot beeliminated.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for processing interference providedby embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the methodprovided by the embodiment of the present invention includes:

S101, according to a first demodulation reference signal DMRS pilotsymbol carried by a first subcarrier used by an uplink user equipment,an interference channel matrix of an uplink interference channel of theuplink user equipment to a D2D receiving end is measured, wherein thefirst subcarrier is a subcarrier shared by a D2D transmitting end andthe uplink user equipment. Specifically, an uplink interference channelmay be characterized by a channel matrix thereof. Therefore, in order tobe able to measure the channel matrix of an uplink interference channel,a D2D receiving end has to be aware of the first subcarrier used byuplink user equipment and the first DMRS pilot symbol used by the firstsubcarrier. In addition, although a D2D receiving end may determine aninitial position of the first DMRS pilot sequence, it cannot be aware ofa length thereof. Therefore, it is necessary to acquire the length ofthe first DMRS pilot sequence at first, and according to the lengththereof, determine the first DMRS pilot sequence and the first subband,thereby selecting the first subcarrier from the first subband andselecting the first DMRS pilot symbol from the first DMRS pilotsequence, wherein the first sub-band is composed of all subcarriers ofshared by the D2D transmitting end and the uplink user equipment.

Taking an LTE cellular system as an example, in the LTE cellular system,DMRS pilot sequences with different lengths have different structures,namely, first K symbols of the DMRS pilot sequences with differentlengths are not identical. Therefore, the DMRS pilot sequence actuallyused by an uplink interference user can be estimated by comparing thefirst K symbols of the DMRS pilot sequence actually received by a D2Dreceiving end with the first K symbols of existing and known DMRS withdeferent lengths. The specific method is as follows.

Firstly, the length of the first DMRS pilot sequence can be calculatedaccording to first K symbols of the DMRS pilot sequence which the uplinkuser equipment may use and first K symbols of the first DMRS pilotsequence which is actually received.

Namely, E^(L) ^(i) may be calculated according to a formula E^(L) ^(i)=min_(X)|Y−V^(L) ^(i) X|, wherein L_(i) is a length of a DMRS pilotsequence which the uplink user equipment may use, 1≦i≦n, n is the numberof kinds of DMRS pilot sequences with different lengths, the DMRS pilotsequence which an uplink user equipment may use is just the length of anexisting and known pilot sequence, Y is a column vector with K*1dimensions, which is composed of the first K symbols of the first DMRSpilot sequence which is actually received, V^(L) ^(i) is the matrixV^(L) ^(i) =[V₁ ^(L) ^(i) , V₂ ^(L) ^(i) , . . . , V_(m) ^(L) ^(i) ]composed of first K symbols of m DMRS pilot sequences with a length ofL_(i), which the uplink user equipment may use, m is the number ofdifferent DMRS pilot sequences with the length of L_(i), X is a columnvector with m×1 dimensions, which makes |Y−V^(L) ^(i) X| achieve aminimum value, and E^(L) ^(i) is the minimum value of |Y−V^(L) ^(i) X|.Namely, whenever a pilot sequence length L_(i) is determined, an X whichmakes |Y−V^(L) ^(i) X| achieve the minimum value may be estimatedaccording to the formula E^(L) ^(i) =min_(X)|Y−V^(L) ^(i) X|, whereinthe minimum value is represented by E^(L) ^(i) .

After all possible E^(L) ^(i) are calculated out via the aforesaidprocess, L_(i) which makes E^(L) ^(i) achieve a minimum value can becalculated according to the formula L^(*)=arg min_(L) _(i) E^(L) ^(i) ,wherein the L^(*) is the length of the first DMRS pilot sequence.

Next, X which makes |Y−V^(L) ^(*) X| achieve a minimum value may becalculated according to the length L^(*) of a first DMRS pilot sequenceand a formula X^(*)=arg min_(X)|Y−V^(L) ^(*) X|, wherein m is the numberof different DMRS pilot sequences with a length of L^(*), Y is a columnvector with K*1 dimensions, which is composed of the first K symbols ofthe first DMRS pilot sequence which is actually received, X^(*) and Xare column vectors with m×1 dimensions, X^(*)=[x₁, x₂, . . . ,x_(m)]^(T), V^(L) ^(*) is a matrix composed of first K symbols of m DMRSpilot sequences with the length of L^(*), which are available by theuplink user equipment, V^(L) ^(*) =[V₁ ^(L) ^(*) , V₂ ^(L) ^(*) , . . ., V_(m) ^(L) ^(*) ], V^(L) ^(*) X^(*)=x₁V₁ ^(L) ^(*) +x₂V₂ ^(L) ^(*) + .. . +x_(i)V_(i) ^(L) ^(*) + . . . +x_(m)V_(m) ^(L) ^(*) , and 1≦i≦m. Amodule value of each element in X^(*) is calculated, and a vector V_(i)^(L) ^(*) in V^(L) ^(*) corresponding to the element x_(i) with theminimum module value is taken as the first DMRS pilot sequence.

Since each subcarrier corresponds to one symbol of the DMRS pilotsequence, the number of subcarriers included in the first sub-band usedby the uplink user equipment may be calculated according to the lengthL^(*) of the first DMRS pilot sequence, thereby the first sub-band maybe determined.

At last, the first subcarrier is selected from a first subband, and thefirst DMRS pilot symbol is selected from a first DMRS pilot sequence,and the interference channel matrix is measured according to the firstsubband and the DMRS pilot symbol.

It should be noted that the interference channel matrix of each uplinkinterference channel, which each subcarrier, shared by a D2Dtransmitting end and uplink user equipment, corresponds to, has to bemeasured.

Optionally, before the step S101, a D2D receiving end may also receive asignal which comes from a D2D transmitting end and a signal which comesfrom the uplink user equipment. In order to make a D2D receiving enddetect the channel from uplink user equipment to itself, the structureof the signal received by a D2D receiving end is characterized asfollows.

In a time dimension, a structure of the signal is consistent with thatof a signal which comes from uplink user equipment, namely the signalreceived by a D2D receiving end is organized in a mannor of a subframe,and the subframe coincides with the subframe from uplink user equipmentin time dimension. And the positions of the DMRS pilot sequences in thesignal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and the signal whichcomes from the uplink user equipment, both of which are received by aD2D receiving end, do not overlap with each other.

Preferably, in order to better perform a detection of an uplinkinterference channel of an uplink user equipment, in the signal whichcomes from the uplink user equipment and received by a D2D receivingend, in a position with a DMRS pilot sequence, a corresponding receivedsignal which comes from the D2D transmitting end is silent in theposition. FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of an uplink subframeand a D2D frame in an LTE system provided by embodiment 1 of the presentinvention. As shown in FIG. 2, “1” in FIG. 2 represents a DMRS pilotsequence of an uplink subframe, “2” represents a DMRS pilot sequence ofa D2D frame, “3” represents the D2D frame is silent where the DMRS pilotsequence of an uplink subframe lies. It can be known that one uplinksubframe is composed of several OFDM symbols, wherein in the receivedsignal which comes from the uplink user equipment, in positions of DMRSpilot sequences in two OFDM symbols of a subframe, a correspondingsignal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and received by thecorresponding D2D receiving end is kept silent on the OFDM symbols.

S102, a null space matrix of the uplink interference channel iscalculated according to the interference channel matrix.

Specifically, the null space matrix can be calculated according to aformula Q*H=0, wherein Q is the null space matrix, H is the interferencechannel matrix.

It should be noted that, a null space matrix of each uplink interferencechannel corresponding to each subcarrier shared by the D2D transmittingend and the uplink user equipment needs to be calculated.

S103, by using the null space matrix, a signal which comes from a D2Dtransmitting end, which is received by the D2D receiving end via thefirst subcarrier, is processed to eliminate the interference signal,which comes from the uplink user equipment, in the signal.

Specifically, the D2D receiving end may multiply the signal received viathe first subcarrier, which comes from the D2D transmitting end, withthe null space matrix of the uplink interference channel correspondingto the subcarrier, and then perform a D2D channel detection and signaldetection. Since the D2D signal detection is performed in the null spaceof the uplink interference channel, the uplink interference has beeneliminated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the D2D receiving endmeasures the interference channel matrix of the uplink interferencechannel from the uplink user equipment to the D2D receiving endaccording to the first demodulation reference signal DMRS pilot symbolcarried by the first subcarrier used by the uplink user equipment,wherein the first subcarrier is a subcarrier shared by the D2Dtransmitting end and the uplink user equipment; calculates the nullspace matrix of the uplink interference channel according to theinterference channel matrix; processes, by using the null space matrix,the signal received by the D2D receiving end via the first subcarrier,which comes from the D2D transmitting end, to eliminate the interferencesignal, which comes from the uplink user equipment, in the signal.Therefore, when an uplink frequency spectrum is multiplexed by a D2Dtransmission, it is unnecessary for the D2D transmitting end to considerhow to avoid the interference of the uplink user equipment at the D2Dreceiving end, which greatly simplifying a demand of perception on theuplink frequency spectrum in the D2D transmission. In addition,positions of DMRS pilot sequences in signals received by the D2Dreceiving end, which comes from the D2D transmitting end and from theuplink user equipment, are not overlapped, which could reduce theinterference caused during the detection of the uplink interferencechannel.

Accordingly, an embodiment of the present invention provide a device forprocessing interference. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a device forprocessing interference provided by embodiment 2 of the presentinvention. As shown in FIG. 3, the device includes: a measuring unit301, a calculating unit 302 and a processing unit 303.

The measuring unit 301 is configured to measure, according to a firstdemodulation reference signal DMRS pilot symbol carried by a firstsubcarrier used by an uplink user equipment, an interference channelmatrix of an uplink interference channel from the uplink user equipmentto a D2D receiving end, wherein the first subcarrier is a subcarriershared by a D2D transmitting end and the uplink user equipment.

It should be noted that the uplink interference channel may becharacterized by an interference channel matrix, and the interferencechannel matrix of each uplink interference channel to which eachsubcarrier shared by a D2D transmitting end and an uplink user equipmentcorresponds has to be measured.

The calculating unit 302 is configured to calculate a null space matrixof the uplink interference channel according to the interference channelmatrix.

Specifically, the calculating unit 302 calculates a null space matrixaccording to a formula Q*H=0, in which Q is the null space matrix, H isthe interference channel matrix.

It should be noted that, the null space matrix of each uplinkinterference channel corresponding to each subcarrier shared by the D2Dtransmitting end and the uplink user equipment needs to be calculated.

The processing unit 303 is configured to process, by using the nullspace matrix, a signal which comes from a D2D transmitting end andreceived by the D2D receiving end via the first subcarrier, to eliminatethe interference signal, which comes from the uplink user equipment, inthe signal.

Specifically, the D2D receiving end may multiply the signal received viathe first subcarrier, which comes from the D2D transmitting end, withthe null space matrix of the uplink interference channel correspondingto the subcarrier, and then perform a D2D channel detection and signaldetection. Since the D2D signal detection is performed in the null spaceof the uplink interference channel, the uplink interference has beeneliminated.

The measuring unit 301 provided by embodiments of the present inventionspecifically includes: a first calculating subunit 310, a secondcalculating subunit 311, a selecting subunit 312 and a measuring subunit313.

The first calculating subunit 310 is configured to calculate a length ofa first DMRS pilot sequence according to first K symbols of a first DMRSpilot sequence which is available by the uplink user equipment and firstK symbols of the first DMRS pilot sequence which is actually received.

An uplink interference channel may be characterized by a channel matrix.Therefore, in order to be able to measure the interference channelmatrix of an uplink interference channel, a D2D receiving end has to beaware of the first subcarrier used by uplink user equipment and thefirst DMRS pilot symbol used by the first subcarrier. In addition,although a D2D receiving end may determine an initial position of thefirst DMRS pilot sequence, it cannot be aware of a length thereof.Therefore, it is necessary to acquire the length of the first DMRS pilotsequence at first, and determine the first DMRS pilot sequence and thefirst subband according to the length thereof, thereby selecting thefirst subcarrier from the first subband and selecting the first DMRSpilot symbol from the first DMRS pilot sequence, wherein the firstsub-band is composed of all subcarriers shared by the D2D transmittingend and the uplink user equipment.

Specifically, the first calculating subunit 310 calculates the E^(L)^(i) according to a formula E^(L) ^(i) =min_(x)|Y−V^(L) ^(i) X|, inwhich L_(i) is a length of a DMRS pilot sequence which the uplink userequipment may use, 1≦i≦n, n is the number of kinds of DMRS pilotsequences with different lengths, the DMRS pilot sequence which uplinkuser equipment may use is just a length of an existing and known pilotsequence, Y is a column vector with K*1 dimensions, which is composed ofthe first K symbols of the first DMRS pilot sequence which is actuallyreceived, V^(L) ^(i) is the matrix V^(L) ^(i) =[V₁ ^(L) ^(i) , V₂ ^(L)^(i) , . . . , V_(m) ^(L) ^(i) ] composed of first K symbols of m DMRSpilot sequences with a length of L_(i), which the uplink user equipmentmay use, m is the number of different DMRS pilot sequences with thelength of L_(i), X is a column vector with m×1 dimensions, which makes|Y−V^(L) ^(i) X| achieve a minimum value, and E^(L) ^(i) is the minimumvalue of |Y−V^(L) ^(i) X|. Namely, whenever a pilot sequence lengthL_(i) is determined, X which makes |Y−V^(L) ^(i) X| achieve a minimumvalue may be estimated according to a formula E^(L) ^(i)=min_(X)|Y−V^(L) ^(i) X|, and the minimum value is represented by E^(L)^(i) .

After all possible E^(L) ^(i) are calculated out by the aforesaidprocess, L_(i) which makes E^(L) ^(i) achieve the minimum value can becalculated according to a formula L^(*)=arg min_(L) _(i) E^(L) ^(i) ,wherein L^(*) is the length of the first DMRS pilot sequence. The secondcalculating subunit 311 is configured to calculate the positions of thefirst DMRS pilot sequence and first subband according to the length ofthe first DMRS pilot sequence, wherein the first subband is composed ofa subcarrier shared by the D2D transmitting end and the uplink userequipment.

Specifically, the second calculating subunit 311 calculates the X whichmakes |Y−V^(L) ^(*) X| achieve a minimum value according to a formulaX^(*)=arg min_(X)|Y−V^(L) ^(*) X|, where L^(*) is the length of thefirst DMRS pilot sequence, m is the number of different DMRS pilotsequences each with a length of L^(*), Y is a column vector with K*1dimensions, which is composed of the first K symbols of the first DMRSpilot sequence which is actually received, X^(*) and X are columnvectors with m×1 dimensions, X^(*)=[x₁, x₂, . . . , x_(m)]^(T), V^(L)^(*) is a matrix composed of first K symbols of m DMRS pilot sequenceseach with a length of L^(*), which is available by uplink userequipment, V^(L) ^(*) =[V₁ ^(L) ^(*) , V₂ ^(L) ^(*) , V_(m) ^(L) ^(*) ],V^(L) ^(*) X^(*)=x₁V₁ ^(L) ^(*) +x₂V₂ ^(L) ^(*) + . . . +x_(i)V_(i) ^(L)^(*) + . . . +x_(m)V_(m) ^(L) ^(*) , and 1≦i≦m. A module value of eachelement in X^(*) is calculated, and a vector V_(i) ^(L) ^(*) in theV^(L) ^(*) corresponding to the element x_(i) with the minimum modulevalue is taken as the first DMRS pilot sequence.

Since each subcarrier corresponds to one symbol of the DMRS pilotsequence, the number of the subcarriers included in the first subbandused by the uplink user equipment may be calculated according to thelength L^(*) of the first DMRS pilot sequence, so that the firstsub-band can be determined.

The selecting subunit 312 is configured to select the first subcarrierfrom the first subband, and select the first DMRS pilot symbol from thefirst DMRS pilot sequence.

The measuring subunit 313 is configured to measure the interferencechannel matrix according to the first subband and the DMRS pilot symbol.

Optionally, the device further includes a receiving unit 304 forreceiving a signal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and asignal which comes from the uplink user equipment.

The signal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and the signalwhich comes from the uplink user equipment, both of which are receivedby receiving unit 304, are synchronous in time and consistent instructure. The positions of the DMRS pilot sequences in the signal whichcomes from the D2D transmitting end and the signal which comes from theuplink user equipment, both of which are received by the receiving unit304 do not overlap with each other.

Preferably, in order to better perform the uplink interference channeldetection of the uplink user equipment, in the signal which comes fromuplink user equipment and received by the receiving unit 304, in theposition with a DMRS pilot sequence, a corresponding received signalwhich comes from the D2D transmitting end as received is silent in theposition.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the D2D receiving endmeasures the interference channel matrix of the uplink interferencechannel from the uplink user equipment to the D2D receiving endaccording to the first demodulation reference signal DMRS pilot symbolcarried by the first subcarrier used by the uplink user equipment,wherein the first subcarrier is a subcarrier shared by the D2Dtransmitting end and the uplink user equipment; calculates the nullspace matrix of the uplink interference channel according to theinterference channel matrix; processes, by using the null space matrix,the signal received by the D2D receiving end via the first subcarrier,which comes from the D2D transmitting end, to eliminate the interferencesignal, which comes from the uplink user equipment, in the signal.Therefore, when an uplink frequency spectrum is multiplexed by a D2Dtransmission, it is unnecessary for the D2D transmitting end to considerhow to avoid the interference of the uplink user equipment at the D2Dreceiving end, which greatly simplifying a demand of perception on theuplink frequency spectrum in the D2D transmission. In addition,positions of DMRS pilot sequences in signals received by the D2Dreceiving end, which comes from the D2D transmitting end and from theuplink user equipment, are not overlapped, which could reduce theinterference caused during the detection of the uplink interferencechannel.

Those skilled in the art may further appreciate that the units andalgorithm steps of various examples as described in conjunction with theembodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware,computer software, or the combination of both. To clearly illustratethis interchangeability of hardware and software, in the abovedescription, the composition and procedures of the examples have beendescribed generally according to functionality. Whether these functionsare implemented in the form of hardware or software is determined byspecific applications and design constraint conditions of the technicalsolutions. Those skilled in the art may use different methods for eachparticular application to achieve the described functionality, but suchimplementation should not be considered as beyond the scope of thepresent invention.

The method or algorithm steps described in conjunction with theembodiments disclosed herein can be executed by hardware, a softwaremodule executed by a processor, or the combination of the two. Asoftware module may be placed in Random Access Memory (RAM), Read OnlyMemory (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasableprogrammable ROM, register, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or anyother form of storage media as known in the technical field.

In the embodiments described above, the objectives, technical solutionsand the beneficial effects of the present invention were described infurther detail. It should be understood that the above embodiments areonly exemplary embodiments for illustrating the principle of the presentinvention; however, the present invention is not limited thereto.Various variations and improvements can be made by the person skilled inthe art without departing from the spirit and essence of the presentinvention, and these variations and improvements should also beconsidered to be within the protection scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for detecting interference, comprising:receiving a signal which comes from a D2D transmitting end and a signalwhich comes from the uplink user equipment; detecting the channel fromthe uplink user equipment to a D2D receiving end; wherein the receivedsignal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and signal which comesfrom the uplink user equipment are synchronous in time and consistent instructure.
 2. The method for processing interference according to claim1, wherein the positions of the DMRS pilot sequence of the receivedsignal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and that of the signalwhich comes from the uplink user equipment do not overlap with eachother.
 3. The method for processing interference according to claim 2,wherein in the received signal which comes from the uplink userequipment, in a position where there is a DMRS pilot sequence, acorresponding received signal which comes from the D2D transmitting endis silent in the position.
 4. A device for detecting interference,comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured tostore program code, the processor is configured to execute the programcode in the memory to perform the following operations: receiving asignal which comes from the D2D transmitting end and a signal whichcomes from the uplink user equipment; detecting the channel from theuplink user equipment to a D2D receiving end; wherein the signal whichcomes from the D2D transmitting end and signal which comes from theuplink user equipment, both of which are received by the device, aresynchronous in time and consistent in structure.
 5. The device forprocessing interference according to claim 4, wherein the positions ofthe DMRS pilot sequence of the signal which comes from the D2Dtransmitting end and that of the signal which comes from the uplink userequipment, both of which are received by the device, do not overlap witheach other.
 6. The device for processing interference according to claim5, wherein in the signal which comes from the uplink user equipment andreceived by the device, in the position where there is a DMRS pilotsequence, a corresponding received signal which comes from the D2Dtransmitting end is silent in the position.